Profile

Editor and political analyst who specializes in transatlantic political trends, including polarization, separatism, illiberal democracy and the future of the Atlantic alliance.

I blog almost every day at Atlantic Sentinel, a transatlantic opinion website I founded in 2009. I’ve been an editor for a Dutch political news website, a Europe correspondent for The Prague Post, a consultant for GeoQuant and a project manager for Wikistrat. My op-eds have appeared in Dutch and Belgian newspapers, the Atlantic Council’s New Atlanticist blog, Newsweek, The National Interest, Quillette and World Politics Review, among others.

I’m looking for opportunities to work as an editor, correspondent or columnist from Barcelona, Spain.

Example Publications

Europe’s New Political Divide

French Presidential Election Reveals a Divided Nation

The German election is boring – and that’s fine

Germany Muddles Through

Why the Political Deadlock in Catalonia Shows No Sign of Easing

We Are Living in Parallel Societies

Basken en Catalanen zijn van rol gewisseld

Italy Has Become Two Countries

About Me

Nick Ottens

Editor and political analyst who specializes in political trends in Europe and North America.